Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1887-11-17


belt which fairly bristlcd with weapons.
He was a very loud-mouthcd individual
and announced himself to be Tom
Bowie, ther 'riginal bad man frum
Bitter Krick."
During the day, he drank large
amount of liquor and by night he was
apparently fighting drunk.
That evening Duke Randall, the New
Yorker, sauntered into 1.-The Yellow
Bird" the principal saloon of the
camp. Tom Bowie was in the saloon,
and as soon as he spied the man from
New York he reeled toward him, cry
ing:
why, hello! Ding mer eyes eff hyer
amt mer old pard, Johnny Fresh,
from Frisco! Why, how are we, paldP
Come up and hev drink wi ther old
man."
With these words Tom Bowie seized
the New Yorker by the arm and at
tempted to drag him towards the bar.
With a sudden wrench Duke Randall
broke from the others grasp and sprang
back step.
Get out of this, you tipsy bum!' he
exclaimed. keep your dirty hands
off"
A fierce look of rage flashed in Tom
Bowie's eyes, and with swift move
ment he snatched a revolver from his
belt, but before he could fire kick of
the New Workers. foot sent the weapon
up against the ceiling. Then Duke
Randalls fist caught Tom Bowie fairly
between the eyes, and the original
bad man from Bitter Krick" went
down, and when the would-be bully
struck the floor his face was perfectly
bare, the false beard which he wore
having been dislodged in some man
ner.
Duke Randall utter d cry of sur
prise as his eyes rested on the face of
the man whom he Knocked down.
The New Yorker quickly stepped over
the fallen man and click, click! a pair
of handouts were snapped upon his
wrists.
The inmates of the sal Don. who
were crowding around. now uttered u
cry of amazement rs they saw tie
fallen mans face. The m IN who lay
handcuffed on the floor was the miss
ing Davis Claxtonl
"Gentlemen, this man is my priS-
oner," declared Duke Randall.
Hoarse murmurs of arg II and indig-
nation broke from the crowd.
"Allow me to explain, continued
the New Yorker. 81 am an officer. /
was sent out to hunt down this man,
whose name is Carlos r. bait and
who is wanted in the East for various
crimes, He has given me II hard lun,
and for time | was off the scent.
finally succeeded in tracing him here.
He probably became aware that | was
on his track, and so donned this d s.
guise to escape detection. He evil
IDENTITY intended to pick quarrel with
me and kill me, but his plans all went
amiss and he now finds himself in the
tolls. "
Despite the officers words, 1t was
plain to see that many in the crowd
did not believe that the popular Davis
Claxton was criminal. AT this mo-
ment, however, the door of the saloon
was burst open and man staggered
in. The newcomers clothes were in
rags and his face was wild and bag.
gard
"Men of Eagle Bar" he cried, "thC
chief of the road-agents is in youl
midst. am one of the road-agcnt,
and our leader is not woman, but ;
man, who disguiscs as such. He il
known here as Davis ClaXtonW
To say that this announcement
caused wild excitement would b,
''drawing it mild" As soon as tn,
stranger could again make himself
heard, ne continued:
a am one of his men. bat Tor triy
| ial oifenso he condemned me to death
and had me confined awaiting execu
ton. But | have escaped unbcknowl
to any one, and am here ready to len,
you, men of Eagle Bar, to the robbers
retreat
1t is needless to say that the outlaw
offer to lead them to the road-agents
retreat was promptly accepted. Ii
less than an hour a strong BODY o
men, all armed to the teeth, were max
ing their way into the mountains, hav
ing left Davis ClaXton, or properl,
Carlos Roberts, in the hands of thu
Eastern officer.
True to his word, the robber guide,
them to the outlaws den. Although
taken by surprise the robbers Tough
desperately, and were only conquere,
when the last of them was stricken
down by a bullet. The robber VIII
bad guided the miners was killed il
the fray.
When they returned to Eagle Ba
they found that the officer had alread
departed with his prisoner. In thi
manner the man who for time ha
successfully played the part of femal
robber escaped being lynehed by tn
men of Eagle Bar only to meet justic
at the hands of the law in the East
w g. Pdtten, IN Yankee Blade.
Too Much indignation.